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"J" coded P-47's based at Dover AAF, DE
Official USAAF Photo courtesy of the Dover AFB AMC Museum |
NOTE:
The assignment of field letter codes to Transition Training aircraft (S-E
in particular) does not seem meet any defined pattern or plan.
USAAF 1st Air Force Hq: Mitchel Field, NY
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Army Air Field
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Field Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Bradley Field, CT
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P-47, A-24
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Dover, DE
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P-40, P-47
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Millville, NJ
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P-47, RA-25, B-26
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Selfridge Field, MI
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P-39, P-47
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Seymour-Johnson Field, NC
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P-40, P-47
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Shaw AAF, SC
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P-47
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Suffolk Co AAF, NY
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P-47
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Walterboro, SC
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P-47
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Millville AAF: Field code letter of "T" applied initially
to razorback P-47's. Receipt of bubble canopy P-47's the letter code of "M" was assigned. USAAF 2nd Air Force Hq: Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Army Air Field
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Field Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Abilene, TX
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P-47, P-40
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Biggs Field, TX
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P-47
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Dalhart, TX
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P-47
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Ft. Sumner, NM
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P-47, P-40
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Galveston, TX
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Y
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P-47
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La Junta, CO
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P-47
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Majors Field, TX
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P-47
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Pecos, TX
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P-51
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Peterson Field, CO
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P-40, P-63
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Pyote, TX
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P-63
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Scribner, NE
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P-47
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Strother Field, KS
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P-47
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USAAF 3rd Air Force Hq:Tampa, Florida
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Army Air Field
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Field Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Aiken, SC
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P-40, P-51
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Blackstone, VA
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P-47
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Bluethenthal Field, NC
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P-47
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Bartow, FL
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P-51
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Coffeyville, KS
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F-5 (P-38)
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Dale Mabry Field, FL
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P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51
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DeRidder, LA
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M?
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P-39, P-40, P-51
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Esler Field, LA
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P-39, P-40, RA-25
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Ft. Myers, FL
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P-39, P-40,P-47, P-51D
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Harris Neck, GA
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P-39, P-40
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Hillsborough, FL
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P-51A
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Key Field, MS
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P-51
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Morris Field, NC
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P-47
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Myrtle Beach, SC
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P-39
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Perry, FL
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P-40, P-47, P-51
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Punta Gorda, FL
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P-40, P-51
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Richmond, VA
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P-47
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Sarasota, FL
*
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P-40, P-47, P-51, TP-40
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Thomasville, GA
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P-39, P-40, P-51
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Venice, FL
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P-39, P-47
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Waycross, GA
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P-39, P-40
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* Pinellas AAF was a sub-base of Sarasota AAF therefore it's aircraft displayed the same fuselage letter
codes.
USAAF Western Flying Training Command Hq: Santa Ana, California
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Army Air Airfield
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Field Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Luke Field, AZ
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P-36, P-39, P-40, P-38, RP-39
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PhoeniX
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Minter Field, CA
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P-38
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Lerdo
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Muroc, CA
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P-38
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Victorville, CA
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P-39, TP-39
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Victorville
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Williams Field, AZ
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RP-322 (P-38), TP-40
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HigleY
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USAAF Central Flying Training Command Hq: Randolph Field, Texas
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Army Air Field
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Field Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Aloe, TX
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P-40, P-47
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Unknown
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Brooks Field, TX
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BC-1, AT-6, O-52
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BroOks
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Dalhart, TX
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P-47
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Unknown
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Foster Field, TX
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AT-6, P-40, P-51
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Unknown
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Matagorda Island, TX
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P-47
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Matagorda
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Matagorda Peninsula, TX
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P-322, P-40, P-47, P-51, B-18
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Unknown
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Moore Field, TX
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P-39, P-40
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Unknown
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# The letter code was a suffix to the assigned sequential number (e.g. 234M) Aloe AAF Note: P-40's did
not display a letter code, P-47's displayed a suffix 'W" code. . USAAF Eastern Flying
Training Command Hq:
Maxwell Field, Alabama
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Army Air Field
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Craig Field, AL
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P-40
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CRaig
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Napier Field, AL
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P-40, TP-39
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Napier
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Spence Field, GA
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(NLA)
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P-40
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Turner, GA
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P-40
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Turner
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Tuskegee, AL
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P-40
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Unknown
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Note:
Although the AT-6's based at Spence AAF displayed the "SP" field code it is not evident that it was applied to their
P-40's. USAAF
Air Technical Service Command Hq:
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
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Army Air Field
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Aircraft
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Alachua, FL
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P-40, P-51
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(NLA): No Letter Assigned Photo
Gallery 1st Air Force
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"V" coded P-47's based at
Bradley Field AAF, CT
Photo courtesy of CT State Library |
"J" coded P-47 based at Dover
AAF, DE comes to grief.
Official USAAF Photo courtesy of Dover AFB AMC Museum |
"E" coded P-39's based at Selfridge Field,
MI
USAAF Photo from the Collection of Jeff Benya |
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"G"coded P-47 based at Suffolk
Co AAF, NY Photo from F Paauwe Collection
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"T" coded P-47 based at Millville
AAF, NJ Photo from F Paauwe
Collection
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"T" coded RA-25 (target tug)
for Millville AAF, NJ Photo
from F Paauwe Collection
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"M" coded P-47 based at Millville
AAF, NJ Photo Source: Millville
Air Museum
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Flight Ramp at Millville AAF, NJ (Note Eight AT-23 Target Tugs) Photo Source: Millville Air Museum
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"S" Coded P-39 based at Selfridge AAF, MI Photo source Unknown
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2nd Air
Force
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"Y" coded P-47's based at Galveston AAF, TX USAAF
Photo
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''W" coded P-40 photographed at Ft.
Sumner AAF, NM Note:Based
there or just a fueling stop? Photo Source: Unknown
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"A" coded P-47D based at Abilene AAF, TX Pilot on wing: 2nd Lt B. Byers Source: Personal Collection of Kurt Byers
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"B" coded P-63 based at Peterson AAF, CO USAAF Photo
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3rd Air
Force
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"N" coded P-51 based at Perry
AAF, Fl
Photo by W.T. Larkins
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"Z" coded P-39 based at Thomasville AAF, GA Photo courtesy of Allan Hammons Colection |
"E" coded P-51B based at Hillsborough AAF,
FL
Photo
courtesy of the Allan Hammons Collection |
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"J" coded P-47 based at Sarasota AAF, FL Collection of Michael Drake
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"H" and "J" coded P-40's based
at Sarasota AAF, FL USAAF
Photo
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"F" coded P-39 based at Myrtle Beach AAF,
SC Photo from the Collection of John Levesley
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"R" coded P-40 based at Waycross AAF, GA Photo from the Collection of
S. Donacik
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"K" coded P-47 based at Richmond AAF, VA Photo courtesy of the Dan Johnson Collection
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"A" coded P-40 based at Ft.Myers AAF, FL Source:Tom Laemlin /ArmorPlate Press
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"H" coded TP-40 based at Sarasota
AAF, FL USAAF Photo
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"T" coded P-51's based at Dale
Mabry AAF, FL USAAF Photo from Dale
Mabry AAF Museum
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"S" coded P-47N based at Bluethenthal
AAF, VA
Photo Source: Joe Stern Collection & Greenville Flyers
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"M" coded P-51A based at DeRidder
AAF, LA Source: McNeese State Univ
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"Z"coded P-40 based at Thomasville AAF, GA Source: Chris Brame Collection
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"S" coded P-51B assigned to the 3rd AF. The ARC card states that it was based at
the following Florida AAF's: Alachua, Lakeland, Sarasota, Pinellas and Venice. Need to know which of these fields used the
"S" letter code. Source: G. Masher
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"E" marked P-40's based at Tuskegee
AAF, AL Photo Source: Unknown
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"L" marked P-51B based at Bartow
AAF, FL Photo Source: Collection of
Ken Crist
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Western
Flying Training Command
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"X" coded P-40 based at Luke Field, AZ
Official USAAF
photo from Collection of D. Trojan
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"V" coded TP-39 based at
Victorville AAF, CA
Photo by W.T. Larkins |
"V" coded P-39Q based at Victorville
AAF, CA Photo source unknown
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"Y" coded P-322 based at Williams Field, AZ (note RAF S/N)
USAAF Photo |
Central
Flying Training Command
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"Z" coded P-40 based at Moore Field, TX Photo from the Collection of Chris Brame
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"Y" coded P-51 based at Foster Field,TX
Photo courtesty of
the Tom Michel Collection |
"W" coded P-47 based at Aloe AAF, TX
USAAF Photo from the Collection of Ken Crist |
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"P" coded P-40 based at Matagorda Peninsula
AAF, TX
Photo
courtesty of the Tom Michel Collection |
"P" coded P-47 based at Matagoda Peninsula
AAF, TX
Photo
courtesty of the Tom Michel Collection |
Eastern Flying Training
Command
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"N" marked TP-39 based at Napier
Field, AL USAAF Photo
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